My latest layouts

I used a Becky Fleck sketch for the Smile.


Fun uses Tamara's sketch #37


Grassheads uses the new paper collection called Zack's Life.

A couple of new layouts

I've started working on the Scouting album that I need to have ready by March 24th for a meeting with the agency that provides me with the funds to do the at-risk program I run.



These are the first couple of pages I've done. I used one of Becky Fleck's horizontal sketches for the first one and I used Tamara's sketch #36 for the second page.

Tamara's Sketch #35

I went over to one of the local beaches and took these photos the other day. The sign says "This beach opens mid-June closed after Labor Day". It is gonna take until mid-June before the ice is completely cleared from Lake Huron. Only the very foolish will go swimming.

Tamara's Sketch #34

The Mackinac Bridge
She's a mighty fine bridge
Five hundred feet high
And five miles long.

In the Straits of Mackinac
There's about as much water as you've ever saw
The folks who lived there tried and tried
But they couldn't get across to the the other side

Couldn't get across without a boat or a plane
Couldn't take a bus or a trolley or a train
Couldn't swim across, it was cold as a fridge
Thought they'd better build themselves a bridge

The Mackinac Bridge
She's a mighty fine bridge
Five hundred feet high
And five miles long.

So in nineteen hundred and fifty four
They started linking shore to shore
From Mackinaw City to St. Ignace town
The men on the top didn't dare look down

In '57 the work was through
there she was all shiny and new
They had a big party and they called out loud
She's the Mackinac Bridge
And we are proud!

The Mackinac Bridge
She's a mighty fine bridge
Five hundred feet high
And five miles long.

Kitty Donohoe - Bunyan and Banjoes

Tamara's Sketch #33

Karoline and I were invited to accompany Shannon and Jackie and their Brownie Troop when they went on a tour of the Morley Candy Factory.

February 18, 2008

Tamara's Sketch #32

Karoline and I went to the Detroit Zoo on February 8, 2008

Tamara's Sketch #31

Purr - this layout features Karoline's kitty Ggami. In fact Karoline took these photos.

Tamara's Sketch #30

They started warning us on Tuesday - BIG STORM FRIDAY MORNING! We were being told to expect at least 10 inches of snow! Thursday's TV news showed all the road plowing and salting crews gearing up, because they were going to have a very long day on Friday clearing roadways.

The Friday morning arrived. Southeast Michigan was prepared. There were over 560 school closings. And even businesses closed too. After-all, there was a BIG STORM coming.

The snow arrive - ALL THREE INCHES of it!

February 1, 2008

Latest Sketch from Tamara

Look at my Goof Ball of a granddaughter.

New Layouts

I had good intentions when I said I would upload my layouts featuring Tamara's sketches every Monday, but obviously I haven't followed through. So here are the ones from December 3rd, 10th, and today.

Time to be Thankful

I've joined Tamara's DT for her Sketch Blog - Sketches! {by tamara}

I had allot of fun with this sketch, trying to make sure I got all the family that was present at our Thanksgiving dinner into the layout.

I'll be adding a new Tamara sketch layout each Monday :)